Washington Times says it's racist for white women to not "date" black men

Some friends of mine had been talking up this guy they thought would be perfect for me, so I finally went on a blind date with him. It turns out heâs black, and while I am NOT racist and have no problem with interracial dating in general, itâs not for me. I just prefer to date white guys.
I told my friends why I wouldnât be seeing him again, and they were, shockingly, horrified. Did I miss something here? I know interracial dating is more prevalent now than it used to be, but I didnât realize it was SO common that you get in trouble if you donât want to do it. I figured if Iâm the one who needs a kick in the pants, youâre the perfect person to give it to me. But Iâm hoping youâll tell me Iâm right, that no one should have to date anyone they donât want to.
Sacramento
Carolyn Hax replies:
Youâre right â no one should have to date anyone s/he doesnât want to.
And your friends are right, too â they shouldnât have to pretend theyâre not horrified by something they find morally repugnant.
And youâre right, interracial dating is more prevalent now, but its prevalence here is the cart; the issue here is the horse.
More people date interracially because more people realize that the only alternative to being racist is to judge each person as a person.
Your decision not to date this man wasnât about his character or lack thereof, it wasnât about his sex appeal or lack thereof, it wasnât about his intellect or lack thereof, it wasnât about his sense of humor or lack thereof, it wasnât about his work ethic or lack thereof, it wasnât about shared history or lack thereof, it wasnât about his goals or lack thereof, it wasnât about his compatibility or lack thereof.
To your credit, youâre owning your opinion; all you had to say was that you didnât find him attractive, and this conversation doesnât happen.
However: Weâre having this conversation because you didnât find his race attractive. Thatâs what racism is.

If the guy would have been Asian, would it still be racist? If she just prefers white guys is it racist? If the guy would have been any other color would they have still ran the question? Maybe the paper's racist?

Weâre having this conversation because you didnât find his race attractive. Thatâs what racism is.

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Maybe she is suffering from an inferiority complex. You know, deep down, she isn't worthy, unable to compete with a black woman, hence she says she doesn't find them attractive is just an excuse not to deal with her self esteem problems. No tits no ass, just sayin.

Some friends of mine had been talking up this guy they thought would be perfect for me, so I finally went on a blind date with him. It turns out heâs black, and while I am NOT racist and have no problem with interracial dating in general, itâs not for me. I just prefer to date white guys.
I told my friends why I wouldnât be seeing him again, and they were, shockingly, horrified. Did I miss something here? I know interracial dating is more prevalent now than it used to be, but I didnât realize it was SO common that you get in trouble if you donât want to do it. I figured if Iâm the one who needs a kick in the pants, youâre the perfect person to give it to me. But Iâm hoping youâll tell me Iâm right, that no one should have to date anyone they donât want to.
Sacramento
Carolyn Hax replies:
Youâre right â no one should have to date anyone s/he doesnât want to.
And your friends are right, too â they shouldnât have to pretend theyâre not horrified by something they find morally repugnant.
And youâre right, interracial dating is more prevalent now, but its prevalence here is the cart; the issue here is the horse.
More people date interracially because more people realize that the only alternative to being racist is to judge each person as a person.
Your decision not to date this man wasnât about his character or lack thereof, it wasnât about his sex appeal or lack thereof, it wasnât about his intellect or lack thereof, it wasnât about his sense of humor or lack thereof, it wasnât about his work ethic or lack thereof, it wasnât about shared history or lack thereof, it wasnât about his goals or lack thereof, it wasnât about his compatibility or lack thereof.
To your credit, youâre owning your opinion; all you had to say was that you didnât find him attractive, and this conversation doesnât happen.
However: Weâre having this conversation because you didnât find his race attractive. Thatâs what racism is.

Sounds like that CUNT, Janeane Garofalo with her, "anybody who doesn't like Odumbo is a racist."

Or that Clyburn asshole with his, "Odumbo's difficulties with getting things done is because of his race". BULLSHIT! Odumbo's problem ("we the people's problem, actually) is that he's a Statist/Marxist/Communist who wants to turn America into dictator-run (or less obviously so that perhaps the people don't revolt... his own oligarchy) country.